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Real interesting colour changes! Keep u updated pal...

Reserved...

Have replied to all enquiries...

tempered glass would be ok.

PMed u!

Increased flow in my tank to accomodate for SPS. Seeing this poor fella not expanding fully to its potential is not to my liking. Skeleton itself is 3.5". Fully expanded about 5"+. Hope it goes to a good home. Going for $45 (neG).

Maybe a picture would help a lot!

I think cost-wise between Mh and T5 is rather debatable. But if you wanna change T5 bulbs...AquaZ is your answer btw AquaZ is HO right?

He is using 8X24W dude!

Whoa! Wow... Hehe... Looks like you got what you have been looking higha nd low for all the time dude! Congrats! Yeah, those blastos from the store nearby looks familiar. Was too much for me to spend on that time. Btw where you got your pink tip plate?

Great contributions guys! Eric, just to point out...I think your point here a bit mixed up hehe What you mean would be to avoid touching the SPS, once they have been placed at a confirm location. You also mentioned this helpful point. Hmmm...may I know where can I find this info. I am searching the web now for some info regarding placement. Would post if I have any helpful findings.

Whoa can see very good deals already! Guess all the vultures are ready on standby mode and got backdoor talking going on...

Haha, this month everyone all suspicious... But great tank, high and nice!

Whoa nice job dude! Nice to see the cup doing well. Good...

Think it is a perspective thingy lah haha! One more thing...The last panel 5" tall why you having it? Is it redundant?

From what I know, the author says he plans to counter the noise issue with a tap at the top of the pipings where he has two green hose connected. I assume it is a three way connector so he can control the amount of air going in. Thus he can control the noise. Need to confirm this with him. Thanks chselee for sharing your experience with us. Guess the 2" opening shouldn't be a problem.

I dun understand your design leh Alan, hehe The water flow over the first 9" panel then go into an area that has a panel that is slanted and not completely connected to the side of the sump? Is that right? May I know why you designed it this way. I am in the midst of designing my sump too, so another cool idea would always be welcomed haha! Thanks!

Hey thanks for the reply dude! I dun understand what you mean... How could the return pump run dry? Because what ever the return pump pumps up to the main tank, it would overflow into the sump. Like what a normal over flow does. If you look at the diagram, there is 112+80+80=272mm=10.88inches of linear overflow. Thats a lot of room to overflow. Also the hole drilled to the back of the tank is 2", more than enough space to flow IMHO. I think a better improvement would be to add teeth to the overflow, so it would enable better overflow. Any other thoughts guys? Please contribute leh...

Thought of sharing and hope to get good or bad comments about this overflow. If good maybe can implement this on new tank. Seems to save a lot of space and would also not allow snails or other LS to get in if a porous sponge is added to it. Better than an overflow box that sticks at one corner and take up precious space IMO. Its here!!! http://www.reef-eden.com/DIY%202%20.htm

Ok this is gonna be a long thread... I am starting a new nano SPS/LPS tank with a dimension of 24"X12"X18". So here is the plumbing thread to get some bugs out perhaps...And also to hear comments from the pros here and for newbies to learn as well. I want a flow rate of about 2000L/H for circulation to sump and back to tank. << Yes the flowrate is slow. Any recommendations of circulation flowrate as I am placing some SPS on the top half of the tank. Would have internal pumps blowing too through... Litres per hour = 2000 Gallons per Hour = 530 Drain and Overflow sizes are calculated as Recommended minimum linear overflow size = 8 inches Calculations from here... http://www.reefcentral.com/calc/drain.php Now onto the sump...Here's a diagram of a sump I designed after looking at many designs on the net. DEsign here...Save as target... 1. Water comes into the sump to a skimmer chamber where water overflows to... 2. A Grade #1 DSB chamber...Here it splits into two chamber. 3. A Refugium with DSB and another DSB which is Grade #0. [Learn from blueheaven ] 3. Here the water splits. Using a little help from the calculations above I would provide a smaller overflow to the DSB, so the remainder of the water would flow through a 2" hole into the refugium. I devised this design to satisfy the needs of the refugium to have slow moving water. 4. The water would then be going through the refugium and going back to the second DSB. 5. then it would go through the bubble trap...Standard procedure and back tot he tank via return pump. Doubts... 1. Is it really necessary to have slow moving waters in a refugium? 2. Is a 2" hole good enough for water to flow through? 3. Is the overflow in the sump a correct length. Assumption maybe wrong haha! Then here comes the calculation of what min return pump I need for my sump: - by measuring how high the water has to be pumped up from the sump to the tank (ie: 110cm). - I have three elbows (ie: 2x25cm= 50cm) - and 1.5m of pipe (ie:15cm). So the total pressure to overcome is 200cm (setup losses). The pump I was intneding to use has a flowrate of 2439L/h and pressure of 240cm. this means: - 2439L/h @ 0m loss - 0 L/h @ 240cm loss = max loss so what is L/h when losses are 200cm? the formula below is basically the formula of the line if you plot the two point above actual L/h=(L/h @ height 0) - [(L/h @ height 0) /(max loss) ] x setup losses in this case: L/h= 2439 - (2439/240) x 200 = 407 L/h actual expected flowrate ????? Whoa so low flow??? Calculation learnt from here... http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php?...topic=15023&hl= Is this correct? Or can some expert help? Hehe... So the 2439L/H which is a RIO1700 seems like it is not enough to be a return pump. Specs here... http://www.fountainology.com/outdoor/rio_pump_table.htm Comment please!!! Love you guys!

Whoa show us "ang ang" again huh Roidan! Anyway nice shot of your anthias as well. Actually not looking at the anthias but whats in the background lah. Haha!

Lolz! UPZ FOR YOU MAN!

Prizm is a very good skimmer for 2ft. Currently using it for my 2.5ft and it is skimming lotsa disgusting stuff out of my tank. Think it is better than weipro2011 that I use before the prizm.

UpZZZ for you dude! Yes, I know how you feel hehe...

Cool tank haha with that huge frogspawn... Btw Bob does the coral on the top left have any polyps extensions? Cup corals got polyps and even they are retracted, it would have holes all over the coral. This one looks a little smooth. Can't tell, maybe a closer and clearer pic would help.